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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,554 approved · 537 refused · 290 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
6 Dalton Close Walcot Swindon SN3 3HD
Received 6 May 202523 Biddel Springs Highworth Swindon SN6 7BH
Received 6 May 20253 Bridgeman Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LG
Received 6 May 2025Bartrop Yard Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 6 May 20253 Kimbers Field Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BT
Received 7 May 2025Land At 26 Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 6 May 2025144 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BJ
Received 7 May 20255 Enford Avenue Penhill Swindon SN2 5JE
Received 6 May 202574 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AF
Received 7 May 202521 Marigold Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2SY
Received 7 May 202518 Pope Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4FN
Received 7 May 20251 Westleaze Mill Lane Swindon SN1 7NU
Received 7 May 2025192 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BL
Received 8 May 202542 - 45 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 8 May 2025LP37 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 2AG
Received 9 May 20258 Bradshaw Court Haydon End Swindon SN25 1TY
Received 8 May 2025Pembroke Recreation Ground Pembroke Gardens Moredon Swindon
Received 9 May 2025RWE Generation UK Windmill Hill Business Park Trigonos Whitehill Way Swindon SN5 6PB
Received 9 May 202520 Maskeleyne Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HR
Received 12 May 202523 Swanbrook Covingham Swindon SN3 5AJ
Received 12 May 2025Three Ways Marlborough Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RX
Received 12 May 202517 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JA
Received 12 May 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 12 May 2025Land At Foxbridge Village North Wanborough Road Swindon
Received 12 May 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Swindon Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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